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More Than Half the British Public Support Primary School LGBTI-Inclusive Education

A majority of British people (60 per cent) believe it’s right to teach primary school pupils about different kinds of families, including same-sex parenting. New...
Seoul’s Itaewon Area As South Korea Faces New Flare-Up in Virus Cases Tied to Nightclubs. (Instagram: @sjcho0606)

COVID-19: Increased Homophobia in South Korea After Gay Bar Infections

A corona-infected man who visited several gay bars in Seoul has been blamed for a new Coronavirus outbreak in South Korea, which risks increasing...
This Free Life

Campaign To Prevent Tobacco Use Among LGBTI Youth Launched In USA

A new $35.7 million public education campaign has been launched by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help reduce and prevent tobacco use among LGBTI...
US Embassy in Kazakhstan International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHOBIT)

American Embassy in Kazakhstan Flies Rainbow Flag for IDAHOBIT Day

In a show of support for the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHOBIT), the US Embassy in Kazakhstan has displayed the rainbow flag on the...
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Widespread Criticism of EU Commission’s Response to Poland’s LGBTQ-free Zones

In February EU parliamentarians Abir Al-Sahlani and Fredrick Federley (Renew Europe, Center Party) led a group who sent questions to the European Commission on...
Thomas Beattie

Former English Footballer Comes Out

Thomas Beattie has come out as gay, the second Englishman to come out from the major soccer leagues and yet still no playing footballer...
UK Passport

UK MP Calling For De-gendered Passports and Licenses

Conservative MP Maria Miller has called for all UK passports and driving licenses to be "de-gendered." Maria Miller, who is the chair of the recently formed women...
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Same-Sex Valentine’s Day Cards Launched by Sainsbury’s In Britain

As 3.1 Million Brits now identify as LGBT, the Sainsbury's grocery chain has launched same-sex Valentine's Day cards for the first time. The new range...

Gay PM Urged to Confront Putin on LGBTI Rights

Openly gay Prime Minister Xavier Bettel is being called on to discuss LGBTI rights with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin when he meets with him in...
russia homophobia

Unpacking Russia’s Bans of the “International LGBT+ Movement”

Despite staunch criticism from the West, Russia is continuing its crusade against the rainbow community in defence of what it calls “traditional family values”. Coming...

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